Vitamin A
Overview
SOURCE
New Jersey, USA
FORM
Retinyl Acetate
FOUND IN
Eggs, carrots, butternut squash, sweet potato, spinach, broccoli, bell peppers, king mackerel, salmon, bluefin tuna, cheddar cheese
Fast Fact
Based on studies of the potential roles of Vitamin A in reversing tumor development and boosting immune function, it has been suggested that Vitamin A might help reduce cancer risk.
Especially Important For
People trying to maintaining healthy eyesight.*
Benefits
Healthy vision promoter*
Bone health supporter*
Fertility promoter*
Healthy skin supporter*
Healthy teeth promoter*
Why it's important for immunity
Vitamin A is known as an anti-inflammatory vitamin and has regulatory roles in cellular immune responses and humoral immune processes. It's crucial to a mechanism that occurs in the digestive system and leads to immune tolerance across the entire gut lining which is the crutch of good health. The gut is where many people first lose immune tolerance.
Vitamin A has exhibited a therapeutic effect in the treatment of various infectious diseases.
Evidence-based claims, or bust
CLINICAL EDUCATION
Vitamin A: The Key to A Tolerant Immune System?
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Vitamin A Fact Sheet for Health Professionals.
NATIONAL CENTER FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY INFORMATION
Role of Vitamin A in the Immune System.
HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Vitamin A and Health.
NUTRITION REVIEWS
The Role of Vitamin A and Related Retinoids in Immune Function.
